Rhythmus Jazz Buchenwald | 20230910

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Rhythmus was a jazz orchestra in the Buchenwald concentration camp in which a total of 23 musicians from 9 different countries played together from 1943 until the liberation.
Czech prisoners around Jiří Žák took the initiative to found this orchestra in the summer of 1943.

Among the French prisoners that later joined, were Yves Darriet – the bandleader , who wrote most arrangements , and Robert Widerman – the band’s singer , who made a career as Robert Clary on Broadway after the war.

Two programs are known to have been performed in November 1944 and April 19, 1945, i.e. 8 days after the liberation of the camp (Ref 1) , including compositions by Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton and pieces by Cole Porter, Fats Waller, Glenn Miller and Louis Armstrong. In The Mood was performed even though this music was banned in Nazi Germany.

Ref. 3 – Jazz im KZ Buchenwald – das gab es wirrklich! | weimarer-rendezvous | Sep 25, 2022 | URL https://youtu.be/HX4X7TJ19nQ

„Rhythmus“ – Jazz im Konzentrationslager Buchenwald

At the April 11, 2022 event ‘„Rhythmus“ – Jazz im Konzentrationslager Buchenwald’ — in the Notenbank in Weimar, Germany (Ref 2, 3) — the Big Band and a jazz ensemble of the Hochschule für Musik under the direction of Prof. Gero Schmidt-Oberländer performed 9 or 10 pieces from the programs. In addition biographies of the prisoners in the Buchenwald Jazz Orchestra were made visible using excerpts from their letters and reports.

Ref. 4 – Rhythmus | From Buchenwald to Hollywood, The Robert Clary Story | 20230910 | weimarer-rendezvous | Michel van der Burg | URL https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxqc0jZDzWciMjfefJ0IbMLsnAeaW0Do4U

The French singer Robert Widerman ( Robert Clary ) was shown in a clip (Ref 4) from the documentary film From Buchenwald to Hollywood, The Robert Clary Story (Ref 5).
Robert Clary (March 1, 1926 – Nov 16, 2022) survived thanks to several prisoners, including Yves Darriet (pseudonym Jan Rolan, Jean Roland), Claude Francis-Boeuf, and Jiří Žák. (Ref 6)

Ref. 6 – Rhythmus | Robert Clary saved by Yves Darriet, Claude Francis-Boeuf, Jiří Žák in Buchenwald | 20230910 | weimarer-rendezvous | Michel van der Burg | URL https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxXvk60NXXvjBEkctI0vzWGrTU9aojucac

REFS

1. Rhythmus | 20221117 | Miracles.Media | URL https://michelvanderburg.com/2022/11/17/rhythmus-20221117/

2. „Rhythmus“ – Jazz im Konzentrationslager Buchenwald | 11 April 2022 | Event by the Weimar festival Rendez-vous with History and the Institut Français in cooperation with the Buchenwald Memorial and the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar. | URL https://www.institutfrancais.de/fr/thueringen/event/rhythmus-lorchestre-de-jazz-au-camp-de-concentration-de-buchenwald-20279#/

3. Jazz im KZ Buchenwald – das gab es wirrklich! | weimarer-rendezvous | Sep 25, 2022 | URL https://youtu.be/HX4X7TJ19nQ

5. From Buchenwald to Hollywood, The Robert Clary Story by Karen and Richard Bloom and Michel van der Burg | 2023 Edition | 20230202 | URL https://youtu.be/0tKc5T-Sw-E

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From Buchenwald to Hollywood, The Robert Clary Story | 2023 Edition

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New updated edition (Jan 2023) of the film by Karen and Richard Bloom and Michel van der Burg , about the Hollywood legend, internationally known actor, Broadway star, singer, artist, author and Holocaust lecturer , Robert Clary.

“Don’t think negatively.
Think Positively.
Don’t Hate.
Hate is a waste of time and energy.”

In memoriam : Robert Clary (March 1, 1926 – Nov 16, 2022)

More info at RichardBloomProductions•com

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Rhythmus | 20221117

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Rhythmus | 20221117 | 1-memo•com
Robert Clary had rhythm ! Born Robert Widerman, March 1, 1926 in Paris — he passed away yesterday Nov 16, 2022, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 96. Robert was deported from Paris at the age of 16 to the death camps. April 19, 1945 he was singing and dancing in Buchenwald with the Rhythmus Jazz Band entertaining the U.S. Army troops who had liberated the camp .
Photo (courtesy Richard Bloom Productions) copy of the Program of 19.4.1945 – Rhythmus – 1st Jazz Concert in the liberated Buchenwald – – Vocal : Widerman / France . With political prisoner , resistance fighter, Jiří Žák (bass; founder of the band) who saved Robert’s life and the life of others in the Buchenwald Concentration Camp. Band leader Yves Darriet came up with the nickname Clary for Robert (from the movie Les Adventures de Désirée Clary) — the artist name Robert Clary made name with on Broadway in Hollywood … the US .
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Robert Clary Story | Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival 2022 | 20221010

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Robert Clary Story | Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival 2022 | 20221010 | Miracles•Media | Festival Link https://liftoff.network/amsterdam-lift-off-film-festival-2022/

Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival 2022 – “From Buchenwald to Hollywood, The Robert Clary Story” — A film by Karen and Richard Bloom and Michel van der Burg — about a Hollywood legend, an internationally known actor, Broadway star, singer, artist, author and Holocaust lecturer.

Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival 2022 is now live!

The Robert Clary Story is screening in the FEATURES
programme of the AMSTERDAM LIFT-OFF FILM FESTIVAL 2022, starting Monday 10th October – Monday 7th November.

Hollywood legend

The Robert Clary Story, about a Hollywood legend, an internationally known actor, Broadway star, singer, artist, author and Holocaust lecturer.

The truly inspiring story of Holocaust Survivor, Robert Clary, born Robert Widerman, who at the age of 16 was deported from Paris along with 13 members of his family to the death camps and was the sole survivor, liberated by the U.S Army on April 11, 1945 from Buchenwald after having endured 31 months in four Nazi camps and a death march. He was discovered singing in a Paris nightclub in 1947, signed to a recording contract and brought to the United States in 1949 where he met Merv Griffin, who introduced him to Eddie and Ida Cantor and their daughter, Natalie, who he would later marry in 1965. He would become a Hollywood legend, internationally known for his portrayal of Corporal Louie LeBeau on the long running hit TV show Hogan’s Heroes, of which at age 96, he is the sole surviving original cast member, as well as for his Broadway, soap opera and movie roles, his record albums, paintings, autobiography and as an impassioned Holocaust speaker.

News

Full details and latest news at Robert’s page at Richard Bloom Productions – https://richardbloomproductions.com/the-robert-clary-story

Robert Clary Story | Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival | 20220829

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Robert Clary Story | Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival | 20220829 | Miracles•Media

Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival 2022 – “From Buchenwald to Hollywood, The Robert Clary Story” — A film by Karen and Richard Bloom and Michel van der Burg — about a Hollywood legend, an internationally known actor, Broadway star, singer, artist, author and Holocaust lecturer.

Screening

Festival screening will be online at Vimeo On Demand for one month: 05 September – 03 October.

Raleigh Studios

If Lift-Off – @LiftOffGlobalNetwork – had shown the film live at the Raleigh Studios only 8 miles from Robert Clary’s home, a Hollywood legend, they would have had a packed theatre, but to no avail.

Hollywood legend

The Robert Clary Story, about a Hollywood legend, an internationally known actor, Broadway star, singer, artist, author and Holocaust lecturer.

News

Full details and latest news at Robert’s page at Richard Bloom Productions – https://richardbloomproductions.com/the-robert-clary-story

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Watch Free Online – The Robert Clary Story

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“From Buchenwald to Hollywood, The Robert Clary Story” – A film by Karen and Richard Bloom and Michel van der Burg .

March 1, 2022 – Celebrating Robert Clary’s 96th birthday today announcing this special gift :
Watch online free now our full feature documentary “From Buchenwald to Hollywood, The Robert Clary Story” – A film by Karen and Richard Bloom and Michel van der Burg.

Synopsis

The truly inspiring story of Holocaust Survivor, Robert Clary (born Robert Max Widerman, March 1, 1926 in the heart of Paris, France) who was liberated from Buchenwald on April 11, 1945 by the U.S.Army. Discovered singing in a Paris cabaret and brought to the United States where he became internationally known for his portrayal of Corporal Louie LeBeau on the long running hit TV show Hogan’s Heroes as well as for his Broadway, soap opera and movie roles, his record albums, paintings, autobiography and as an impassioned Holocaust spokesperson.

After the world premiere at the FLIFF (2018) in Hollywood (Florida, USA), and screening at the Paris (2021) Sydney & Melbourne (2021) and Berlin (2022) Lift-Off Film Festivals, the “The Robert Clary Story” film is now made public worldwide available for free watching via their YouTube channel by Richard Bloom Productions (richardbloomproductions•com).
Special thanks to Robert Clary, and Christopher Ray Allison (interview – cinematography) and Nathaniel Link (interview – sound) and many many others…

Watch Free Online – The Robert Clary Story | 20220301

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Aug 8, 2022 – Online now the 2022 edition of The Robert Clary Story

Robert Clary Story | Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival 2022

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“From Buchenwald to Hollywood, The Robert Clary Story” – A film by Karen and Richard Bloom and Michel van der Burg .

Watch now online at the Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival 2022 … a truly inspiring film about a Hollywood legend ….

Click ⓘ right corner YouTube screen – for link to the site of the Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival 2022 Monday 7th February – Monday 7th March.

Features films

The Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival 2022 is screening 52 feature films The Robert Clary Story is Episode 40 .

Festival Tickets

Get a ‘Features’ ticket with access to all the 52 Features from the Lift-Off Film site, which also allows voting (2 votes) for the films — for direct link Click Checkout ⓘ right corner YouTube screen.

Robert Clary

The producers of Transport XX to Auschwitz and Defending Holocaust History are proudly bringing to the screen, the inspirational film, From Buchenwald to Hollywood, The Robert Clary Story, about a Hollywood legend, an internationally known actor, Broadway star, singer, artist, author and Holocaust lecturer.

Mr. Clary is widely known for his role as Corporal Lebeau on the long running TV series Hogan’s Heroes. What is little known by the public is that Robert’s real last name is Widerman, and in 1942 at the age of 16, he and thirteen members of his family were rounded up in Paris, France and deported by the Nazis to concentration camps. He was the only one to survive, having endured 31 months in four Nazi camps and a death march until his liberation from Buchenwald by the U.S. Army on April 11, 1945. He was discovered singing in a Paris nightclub in 1947, signed to a recording contract and brought to the United States in 1949 where he met Merv Griffin, who introduced him to Eddie and Ida Cantor and their daughter, Natalie, who he would later marry.

The World Premiere was at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival in Cinema Paradiso, Hollywood, Fl (USA) in 2018.
Last year the film was screening at the Paris Lift–Off Film Festival 2021, and the Sydney & Melbourne Lift-Off Film Festival 2021.

The film is also available at the holocaust centers USHMM and Yad Vashem.

Promo film (20220224) by Michel van der Burg | Miracles•Media

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LINKS

Festival site https://liftoff.network/berlin-lift-off-film-festival-2022/

Vimeo users may also watch directly via Vimeo on demand – with no option for voting though – via channel https://vimeo.com/ondemand/berlinliftoff2022feature

Richard Bloom Productions – https://richardbloomproductions.com